1IFM(1)                           User Commands                          IFM(1)
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NAME

6       IFM - Interactive Fiction Mapper
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SYNOPSIS

9       ifm [options] [file...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       IFM is a program for keeping track of your progress through an Interac‐
13       tive Fiction game.  You can record each room you visit and its relation
14       to other rooms, the initial locations of useful items you find, and the
15       tasks you need to perform in order to solve the game.
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17       The IFM mapping commands are designed so that you can easily add to the
18       map  as  you explore the game.  You type in the rooms you visit and the
19       directions you move in to reach other rooms,  and  IFM  calculates  the
20       position  of  each  room  relative to the others.  A map can consist of
21       several independent sections, allowing you to divide up the map however
22       you like.
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24       The IFM task commands, if used, allow you to specify the order in which
25       game-solving tasks must be done.  The IFM program  can  then  calculate
26       and print different styles of walkthrough for the game.
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28       IFM can write hardcopy maps directly to PostScript, suitable for print‐
29       ing or viewing.  It can also write maps in Fig  format,  which  can  be
30       viewed and edited using Xfig, or converted into many other formats.
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32       This  man  page  just  presents  a summary of the command-line options.
33       Detailed documentation on how to use IFM can be found in the in the SEE
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36   Output options:
37       -m, -map[=sections]
38              Select map output
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40       -i, -items
41              Select item output
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43       -t, -tasks
44              Select task output
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46       -f, -format <fmt>
47              Select output format
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49       -o, -output <file>
50              Write output to file
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52   Auxiliary options:
53       -S, -style (name)
54              Push a style onto the style list
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56       -s, -set (var=val)
57              Set a customization variable
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59       -w, -nowarn
60              Don't print warnings
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62       -noinit
63              Don't read personal init file
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65   Preprocessor options:
66       -D (var[=val])
67              Define a preprocessor symbol
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69       -I (dir)
70              Prepend directory to search path
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72       -P     Just preprocess input
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74   Information options:
75       -show <type>
76              Show information
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78       -v, -version
79              Print program version
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81       -h, -help
82              This help message
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84   Output formats (may be abbreviated):
85       ps     PostScript
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87       fig    Fig drawing commands
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89       text   Nicely-formatted ASCII text
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91       rec    Recording of game commands
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93       dot    Graph of task dependencies
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95       raw    Raw ASCII text fields
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97       tk     Tcl/Tk program commands (tkifm)
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99   Show options (may be abbreviated):
100       maps   Show map sections
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102       vars   Show defined variables
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104       path   Show file search path
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ENVIRONMENT

107       IFMPATH
108              Colon-separated  list of extra directories to search for include
109              files.
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FILES

112       $HOME/.ifmrc
113              User resource file (ifm.ini on Windoze).
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116       Copyright © Glenn Hutchings <zondo@pillock.freeserve.co.uk>
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118       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
119       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
120       Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or  (at  your  option)  any
121       later version.
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123       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
124       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
125       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
126       Public License for more details.
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128       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
129       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
130       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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SEE ALSO

133       /usr/share/doc/ifm-5.1/ifm
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136       /usr/share/doc/ifm-5.1/ifm.pdf
137              Documentation suitable for printing
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141IFM version 5.1                  November 2004                          IFM(1)
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